Colorado Midland Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colorado_Midland_Railroad
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abandoned 1918
gptkbp:ceased_operations August 1918
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Continental_Divide
gptkbp:dissolved 1918
gptkbp:filedForBankruptcy 1897
1917
gptkbp:foundedYear 1883
gptkbp:gauge standard gauge
gptkbp:headquartersLocation Colorado Springs
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first standard gauge railroad over the Continental Divide in Colorado
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colorado Midland Railroad
gptkbp:length approximately 275 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Colorado
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Midland_Terminal_Railway
gptkbp:notableEvent used during World War I for military transport
gptkbp:notableFor first standard gauge railroad to cross the Continental Divide in Colorado
gptkbp:operates freight trains
passenger trains
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Colorado_Midland_Railway_Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (partial ownership at times)
gptkbp:passesThrough gptkb:Busk-Ivanhoe_Tunnel
gptkb:Hagerman_Pass
gptkbp:route Colorado Springs
gptkbp:routeEnd gptkb:Grand_Junction
gptkbp:serves Aspen
Glenwood Springs
Leadville
mining communities
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Midland_Terminal_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hagerman_Pass
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7